Stow Players is announcing auditions for "Move Over, Mrs. Markham" directed by William Morgan, to be held on September 9, 2012 at 4:30 and 7:00 PM, and September 10 at 7:00 PM.
Synopsis: Philip offers his flat as a location for Henry’s amorous adventures while Joanna does the same for Linda. Meanwhile the decorator, Alistair, is determined to get the au pair into the self-same bed. Puritanical Ms. Smythe turns up to sign an important book deal forcing Henry to pretend to be Phillip. It’s about then that things start to get a little bit complicated.
Note: The play will be fully blocked the second week of rehearsal, off-book two weeks later, then an intense rehearsal schedule with time off before opening.
Ages are approximate. Comic timing is essential.
Parts as follows:
JOANNA MARKHAM – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
Sophisticated and attractive. Married to Philip Markham.
LINDA LODGE – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
Vivacious, but slightly scatter-brained. Married to Henry Lodge.
SYLVIE HAUSER – Age 20s. Medium role. Swiss accent.
A gorgeous Swiss maid. She appears in a short nightie at one stage.
MISS WILKINSON – Age 20s. Medium role. English accent.
Very pretty, kooky, with large horn-rimmed glasses. Quick to strip down to her underwear, and then runs around wrapped only in a sheet.
OLIVE HARRIET SMYTHE – Age 60 +. Medium role. English accent.
A very successful author of children’s books. An eccentric, dog-loving, imposing, no-sex-please lady with a somewhat butterfly mind.
PHILIP MARKHAM – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
A pleasant, studious man with a worried air which comes from years of being on the losing side of life. Married to Joanna.
HENRY LODGE – Age 30s / 40s. Large role. English accent.
Successful, rakish, full of masculine confidence, a man’s man as well as a ladies man.
ALASTAIR SPENLOW – Age 20s / 30s. Large role. English accent.
London’s latest fashionable interior designer. A virile male lurks beneath his arty, camp exterior. Removes his trousers and stands in his colorful underpants; may be shirtless.
WALTER PANGBOURNE – Age 40′s. Small role. English accent.
A stiff, slightly vacuous businessman. Wears a bowler hat.
For any further information please call, John at (330) 990-9500 or email jdhaller.markham@gmail.com.